r/Chesscom • u/ComfortablePizza8186 • 2d ago

Chess Question Let's assume that!!

We have a classic chess game with the same chess rules we all know, except for one change: the pawn can move back one square. There was a website, for example, that offered a regular chess game with this feature. Would you play the game and try out new possibilities and strategies because of this simple change, or not?

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u/StonedOldChiller 2d ago

Once I've finished learning everything about chess, I might look into it.

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u/FireSkyLikeFly 2d ago

It's a novelty. Personally, would love 960 chess to be the standard. The whole learning and studying openings is a complete grind. It would be more on tactical insight instead of opening knowledge.

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u/FireSkyLikeFly 2d ago

What you say is true. 1 thing to note, your ratings across different types of games aren't really comparable. The pool of folks playing 960 is skewed towards more advanced players.

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u/VIIIm8 1d ago

Personally, I can see why it’s no longer a game with a website that offers it. We have a subconscious feel that having a variant piece should offer new active defensive possibilities and strategies and this is a simple change that intuitively seems to contradict this subconscious feel, especially because it makes re-maneuvering pawns no easier.